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Alumni and friends in Washington, DC; Los Angeles; and New York City — join us for our Spring 2024 alumni workshops and get-togethers! Saturday, March 30, 2024 LOS ANGELES 2:30 …
March 13th, 2024 by BADACongratulations to alum Da’Vine Joy Randolph (MIO ’09) who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the movie “The Holdovers” (alongside BADA alum Paul Giamatti (MIO …
March 11th, 2024 by BADACongrats to alum Da’Vine Joy Randolph (MIO ‘09) on winning the BAFTA for Supporting Actress for The Holdovers at the 2024 BAFTA Film Awards! In her speech, Da’Vine shared her …
February 19th, 2024 by BADACongratulations to alums Paul Giamatti (MIO ‘89) and Da’Vine Joy Randolph (MIO ‘09) who both won Golden Globe awards for their work in the film The Holdovers at the 81st Annual …
January 8th, 2024 by BADABlack British Theatre and Performance Course Director Oladipo Agboluaje shares highlights from the first session in 2023. About a year and a half ago, Eunice Roberts, the dean of BADA, invited …
November 16th, 2023 by BADAAlumni and friends are invited to join BADA’s new Dean in New York City on November 11th for an Alumni Shakespeare Workshop and Alumni Drinks. 2:30 – 5:30 PM …
October 12th, 2023 by BADACongratulations to alum Tarell Alvin McCraney (MIO ’05) who was just appointed artistic director for Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles! “Playwright and Academy Award-winning screenwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney has been …
September 15th, 2023 by BADA“In addition to lectures, our busy schedules were filled with afternoon workshops, live theatre and cultural excursions. Acclaimed Black playwrights, including [Winsome] Pinnock and Roy Williams, generously shared their lives …
September 15th, 2023 by BADAWe are excited to welcome Ben Naylor to BADA as he steps into the role of Dean! After a long and comprehensive search process, Ben was appointed in April to …
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June 20th, 2023 by BADAThis past Sunday, family and friends gathered to celebrate the life of Anthony ‘Tony’ Branch, who founded BADA along with Carolyn Sands in 1984. Hosted by Tony’s niece, Antonia, the …
April 19th, 2023 by BADAAfter a wide-ranging and rigorous search process, the Board is delighted to announce that Ben Naylor has been appointed as Dean of BADA to succeed Eunice Roberts who steps down …
April 17th, 2023 by BADAI’m writing to share the news that Eunice, our wonderful Dean since 2017, has decided to step down. It goes without saying that we shall miss her enormously. Eunice has been associated with …
April 11th, 2023 by BADAAlumni & friends in LA, NYC, and DC — Dean Eunice Roberts will once again be traveling the US this Spring for our 2023 Audition Tour and would like to …
March 13th, 2023 by BADAGreek Theatre Course Director Paul O’Mahony shares highlights from the first Greek Theatre Program in 2022. Our inaugural Greek Theatre Program ran in June 2022 with a brilliant 17-strong group …
February 3rd, 2023 by BADAIt is with great sadness that we announce the passing yesterday of Anthony ‘Tony’ Branch, who founded BADA along with Carolyn Sands in 1984. Tony’s vision of providing an American …
January 25th, 2023 by BADAAnnouncing the dates & deadlines for our Summer & Fall 2023 Programs! Applications will open on 11 January for: Midsummer in Oxford Program (Actors 18+) 8 July – 6 August …
December 13th, 2022 by BADAOn the death of George Floyd in 2020 at the hands of police, and in response to the rise of Black Lives Matter, we, the Board of BADA, publicly affirmed …
December 12th, 2022 by BADAEveryone at BADA was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of Chuck Youmans (MIO ’86), an alumnus and a long-time member of the BADA family who returned to …
August 17th, 2022 by BADAIt was with great sadness that we learnt of the recent passing of Penny Wesson. Penny, who died this February, was a founding trustee of BADA who generously lent the …
March 3rd, 2022 by BADATo mark Black History Month in the US this year, we asked Oladipo Agboluaje, playwright and Black British Theatre Course Director, about Black Theatre and the connections between the American …
February 24th, 2022 by BADAWe are pleased to introduce two new members of the BADA Team who recently joined our staff in London: Donna Harris joined BADA earlier this month as our first …
January 21st, 2022 by BADA“Black British theatre is British theatre.” Oladipo Agboluaje, Course Director for BADA’s new Black British Theatre course, recently wrote about the creation of the course and the long history of Black storytelling and …
January 14th, 2022 by BADAGreek Theatre Course Director Paul O’Mahony writes about the genesis of our new course. When the world went into lockdown in March 2020 I was supposed to be in Mexico running …
December 20th, 2021 by BADAGreek Theatre Course Director Paul O’Mahony was in Greece earlier this month. Here’s an update from Paul sharing some of the upcoming highlights for Summer 2022. I recently returned from …
November 23rd, 2021 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy is pleased to announce its newest course: Black British Theatre. This four week summer intensive, led by playwright and BADA Faculty member Oladipo Agboluaje, provides an overview …
October 12th, 2021 by BADALast year we, the BADA board, publicly affirmed our commitment to anti-racism and to equality for all our staff, faculty, students and alumni. We pledged to use the moment in …
July 19th, 2021 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Trustees to its Board following an extensive search for professionals with expertise in Diversity & Equity, …
July 15th, 2021 by BADAAlumnus David Schwimmer (MIO ’85) was recently interviewed for The Guardian’s This much I know column and touched on his time at BADA saying: The summer after my freshman year, I got …
June 21st, 2021 by BADAIt is with incredible sadness that we announce the recent passing of Tim Denham, former Managing Director and a long-time member of the BADA family. Tim first came to BADA …
April 9th, 2021 by BADA“It has often been remarked that Ellen Terry spoke the language of Shakespeare as if it were her native tongue, and in these communings with herself there is revealed something …
March 17th, 2021 by BADAJoin us on Zoom each month for a reading of a Shakespeare play led by Dean Eunice Roberts. Each reading will last about one hour and will be followed by …
March 5th, 2021 by BADAIn honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting the life of Ira Aldridge (1807 – 1867), the 19th century Black American actor who rose to fame playing Shakespearean roles on …
February 18th, 2021 by BADAWe are deeply saddened to learn today of the recent passing of Hal Holbrook. An Honorary Board Member of the American Friends of BADA, Hal’s career on screen and stage …
February 2nd, 2021 by BADAJoin us on Zoom each month for a reading of a Shakespeare play led by Dean Eunice Roberts. Each reading will last about one hour and will be followed by …
January 15th, 2021 by BADAAnnouncing the dates for BADA’s Summer 2021 Programs: Midsummer in Oxford Program (actors 18+) 9 July – 8 August Midsummer Conservatory Program (actors aged 16 – 18) 17 …
November 18th, 2020 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy is pleased to announce the new course: Greek Theatre – From the Ancient World to the Modern, Through Theory and Performance. The course, a four week …
October 27th, 2020 by BADAJoin us on Zoom each month for a reading of a Shakespeare play led by Dean Eunice Roberts. Each reading will last about one hour and will be followed by …
September 23rd, 2020 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy family is deeply saddened by the news of Midsummer in Oxford alumnus (1998) Chadwick Boseman’s untimely passing. Ian Wooldridge, BADA’s former Dean & Director, remembers …
August 29th, 2020 by BADAThe wave of Black Lives Matter protests across the USA and the UK following the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police has once again put …
June 23rd, 2020 by BADABADA is totally committed to diversity and inclusion, only in that way can everyone’s story be embraced and reflected into the world. We are deeply saddened at the events unfolding …
June 2nd, 2020 by BADAJoin us on Zoom each week for a reading of a classic play led by Dean Eunice Roberts and Faculty member Paul O’Mahony.
April 23rd, 2020 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy is pleased to announce that Brian Cox, CBE is its new Patron.
April 17th, 2020 by BADAWe’re excited to announce a new series of online play readings for the BADA alumni community! Join us on Zoom each week for a reading of a classic play led …
April 8th, 2020 by BADAThe global pandemic of COVID-19 has brought tumultuous changes for all of us in ways that few could have imagined. For the safety of our students, faculty, and staff, BADA …
March 27th, 2020 by BADAThe British American Drama Academy is pleased to announce the new Shakespeare in London Program! The course, a semester abroad program for college Juniors and Seniors, focuses on Shakespeare’s plays, allowing …
February 19th, 2020 by BADAWe’re thrilled to encourage eligible students to apply for the 2020 Andrew Lloyd Webber Training Scholarship from the American Theatre Wing. Previous recipients of the Scholarship have used the award …
January 23rd, 2020 by BADAAlum Jack Smart (SHX ’10), the Awards Editor for Backstage and the host of Backstage‘s In The Envelope: An Awards Podcast, recently interviewed alum Paul Rudd (MIO ’93) about his long and …
January 9th, 2020 by BADARecently, alum Chadwick Boseman (MIO ’98) was on BBC One’s The Graham Norton Show to discuss his new film 21 Bridges. Graham asked Chadwick about the “mysterious benefactor” whose support allowed him to …
November 18th, 2019 by BADANgozi Anyanwu decided that she wanted to be an actor when she was in eighth grade in high school in Pennsylvania. Fast forward to now, and she’s the accomplished actress she always …
November 5th, 2019 by BADAOn Thursday, October 10, 2019, American Friends of BADA President and BADA Trustee Lydia Carlston (MIO ’01) hosted BADA’s Kings & Queens Cabaret at the historic Duplex Caberet Theatre in New …
October 16th, 2019 by BADAOur MCP students put on some fantastic performances at the Midsummer Conservatory Program open day! Based on character work and text work from Romeo and Juliet, they presented an excellent showcase …
August 23rd, 2019 by BADAA collection of photos from Midsummer in Oxford 2019!
August 19th, 2019 by BADAAs part of the MIO program, faculty member Paul O’Mahony took his Modern and Shakespeare classes out around Oxford to present the scenes they had been working on. Paul writes …
August 12th, 2019 by BADALast Saturday, our MIO participants went to Stratford-upon- Avon to watch ‘Measure for Measure’, directed by Gregory Doran, in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Our participants also had a chance to …
August 2nd, 2019 by BADAAlumna Anna Gunn (LTP ’88) was recently interviewed by the Evening Standard about her West End debut in The Night of the Iguana at the Noël Coward Theatre. In the interview, …
July 10th, 2019 by BADAJennifer Steil has crammed more lives into her suitcase than most of us can dream of packing. She trained in theatre, worked as a journalist in Yemen, and spent four …
June 5th, 2019 by BADAIn 2018, BADA implemented a long-planned restructuring of its governance designed to bring the Academy’s oversight into line with modern practices and to ensure that the Academy is well positioned …
May 24th, 2019 by BADAA note from event organizer Noree Victoria (MIO ’18): Hey BADA Family! I’m really looking forward to our first Los Angeles play discussion group event! It’s going to be held …
May 17th, 2019 by BADAOur London Theatre Program students recently showed their end of semester productions at Theatro Technis, as the finale of their Acting for Performance course and semester studying in London. A …
May 13th, 2019 by BADAAlum Ben Edelman (MIO ’12) was recently interviewed by Broadway.com about appearing in Joshua Harmon’s Admissions at Lincoln Center in New York and at Trafalgar Studios in London. Ben talks about …
April 9th, 2019 by BADASome of our Long London Theatre Program group have been hard at work devising solo pieces as part of their “Flying Solo – Creating a One Person Show” module with Faculty …
March 7th, 2019 by BADALast week we had a film screening at Gloucester Gate of the footage our LTP students have recorded in their Acting for Screen course. Our Year Long students worked with …
February 26th, 2019 by BADAWe were delighted to be visited by a group of students from George Mason University last week, as part of their cultural visit to London. They attended a talk on …
January 22nd, 2019 by BADAThis week our London Theatre Program Spring 2019 students visited the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond, to watch The Double Dealer, a Restoration comedy written by William Congreve. Some of …
January 18th, 2019 by BADAOur Fall 2018 London Theatre Program recently presented their productions, the culmination of their “Acting in Performance” class, at London’s Theatro Technis! A selection of photos from the productions are …
January 11th, 2019 by BADAAlum Ryan Jamaal Swain (MIO ’14) writes for Backstage’s “Notes from the Field” about acting, dance, and working on Pose on FX: There are only a few times where I can say …
December 4th, 2018 by BADAOn Sunday, October 28, family, friends, and faculty gathered at Gloucester Gate to celebrate BADA’s Co-Founder and long-time Associate Director, Carolyn Sands, as she stepped down from regular duties at …
October 29th, 2018 by BADABADA is excited to introduce a series of three workshops for our London Theatre Program students, with Complicité theatre company. BADA has a long standing relation with various members of Complicité, including …
October 19th, 2018 by BADAAmerican Friends of BADA President Lydia Carlston (MIO ’01) welcomed BADA friends, supporters, faculty, and alumni to an intimate evening in her home for a festive cocktail party featuring a conversation …
October 11th, 2018 by BADAWe were delighted to be joined last week by the brilliant André Holland, for a Q&A on his varied career. Our LTP students watched André as Othello, starring opposite Mark …
October 1st, 2018 by BADAOur LTP students watched the thought-provoking show, The Jungle, earlier in the week at the Playhouse Theatre. The play is set in ‘the Jungle’, a refugee and migrant camp in …
September 22nd, 2018 by BADABADA Chaperones, Saorla Wright and Jensen Tudtud, recount the MCP Student’s Masterclass in comedy and physicality with BADA faculty member and member of physical theatre company Complicite, Mick Barnfather. …
August 20th, 2018 by BADASome of our MIO students recount some of their highlights from the Midsummer in Oxford Program. “My favourite was when my group got together randomly one day and we …
August 9th, 2018 by BADA“I loved it. I loved working on Shakespeare. I loved living in the dorms at Oxford. I loved walking the campus. I loved getting tea. I loved memorising the lines. I loved working on the plays…”
August 1st, 2018 by BADAThe Oxford Mail wrote a nice piece about actress Miriam Margolyes’s Masterclass for Midsummer in Oxford 2018! The piece also covers some of BADA’s 30+ year history of summer programs in …
July 25th, 2018 by BADAFor never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo… Our MIO student’s had a great day exploring Stratford upon Avon, and watching Romeo and …
July 21st, 2018 by BADADenzel Washington chats with Stephen Colbert about having provided a scholarship for Chadwick Boseman (MIO ’98) to attend our Midsummer in Oxford Program. Chadwick was part of a group of …
July 20th, 2018 by BADABADA summer intern, Saira Khan, writes of her experience of her first BADA masterclass, watching Sir Patrick Stewart deliver a Q&A session for our Midsummer in Oxford Students. If …
July 17th, 2018 by BADABADA Summer Intern Saira Khan shares some of her discoveries about the historical Magdalen College which hosts the Midsummer in Oxford program. Because it reminds us of Hogwarts, …
July 9th, 2018 by BADAJack Smart (SHX ’10) is the Awards Editor for Backstage Magazine. He’s written there for four years now covering everything from the Tonys to the Oscars and the Emmys and the SAG …
June 21st, 2018 by BADABADA Faculty member Sarah Hemming, in conversation with Christopher Cook about her work as a theatre critic. Sarah Hemming practices what she preaches. She teaches Dramatic Criticism on the London Theatre …
June 21st, 2018 by BADAIn this issue of the BADA Newsletter: an interview with theatre critic and Faculty member Sarah Hemming; a conversation with alum Jack Smart (SHX ’10), the Awards Editor for Backstage Magazine; …
June 21st, 2018 by BADAWe are deeply saddened to learn of the death of John Barton yesterday. A BADA Associate Artist and long-time Masterclass instructor, John shared his love for and understanding of Shakespeare’s …
March 19th, 2018 by BADAFaculty member Irina Brown has shared with us the sad news that former Faculty member Oleg Tabakov passed away in Moscow yesterday. Oleg had a long history with BADA, first …
March 13th, 2018 by BADARecently, our Year Long London Theatre Program students performed solo pieces that they devised in their module “Flying Solo – Creating a One Person Show” with Faculty member Gareth Armstrong.
March 8th, 2018 by BADAMidsummer in Oxford alum Chadwick Boseman (MIO ’98) talks to American Way magazine about playing trailblazers, launching into the Marvel Universe as Black Panther, and his time in Oxford with BADA. From …
January 29th, 2018 by BADAChristopher Cook in conversation with alum and author Gerit Quealy. Gerit Quealy is one of a handful of BADA alumi who’s a writer and scholar as well as a performer. Her …
January 27th, 2018 by BADAChristopher Cook discusses solo performance with new BADA Faculty member Gareth Armstrong. Gareth Armstrong joined the BADA Faculty this spring. As a teenager he was a member of the National …
January 27th, 2018 by BADAIn this issue of the BADA Newsletter: an interview with alumna Gerit Quealy (MIO ’94), about her new book Botanical Shakespeare; an interview with new BADA Faculty member Gareth Armstrong about …
January 27th, 2018 by BADAAmerican Friends of BADA President, Lydia Carlston (MIO ’01) hosted a fundraising evening at her home featuring BADA alumnus and Academy Award winner Tarell Alvin McCraney in conversation with BADA’s …
October 25th, 2017 by BADAOur MIO students have Masterclasses twice weekly throughout the program from leading experts in British Theatre. “These masterclasses have made me assess my acting style, what I want to do …
August 4th, 2017 by BADAChristopher Cook in conversation with Robert Adler who joined the Midsummer in Oxford Program in 1994. “It was a transformational experience for my life as an actor and for my …
August 3rd, 2017 by BADAIn this issue of the BADA Newsletter: Faculty member Eunice Roberts appointed Dean of BADA; Norman Ayrton – Requiescat in pace; “An Accountant’s life for me” – an interview with Managing …
August 3rd, 2017 by BADABADA is pleased to announce that the Governors have appointed Eunice Roberts to be sole Dean of BADA from 1st September 2017. In her 10 months as Joint Dean, Eunice has impressed …
August 1st, 2017 by BADAJack Steiner and Katherine Means first came to BADA on the MCP Program in 2015. We were delighted to see them again this year as part of our older program …
August 1st, 2017 by BADA“It is with deep sorrow that we record the death of Norman Ayrton peacefully in his sleep at the age of 92. Christopher Cook, who recorded an oral history with …
July 18th, 2017 by BADAFriends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears… We had a great day, despite the weather, in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Students had the opportunity to visit the various historical town houses and museums, …
July 16th, 2017 by BADA